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Form  No.  471 


ADDRESS 


OF  THE 


Bishop  of  North  Carolina 


TO  THE 


Convention  of  the  Diocese 

1909 


ADDRESS  OF  THE  BISHOP. 


Brethren  of  the  Clergy  and  Laity: 

This  Ninety-third  Annual  Convention  of  the  Diocese,  as- 
sembling in  one  of  the  oldest  parishes  of  the  Diocese,  finds 
the  old  parish  full  of  new  life  and  vigor,  and  abounding  in 
zeal  and  good  works. 

Since  our  last  annual  meeting  two  of  our  faithful  Clergy 
have  been  called  to  their  rest  after  labor.  I  mention  first  the 
Rev.  Charles  Fetter,  because  he  was  one  of  the  persons  upon 
whom  I  laid  hands  in  my  first  ordination.  The  last  injunc- 
tion given  me  by  my  honored  predecessor,  to  whom  I  was  then 
Coadjutor,  was  that  I  should  not  fail  to  carry  out  an  engage- 
ment he  had  made  for  an  ordination,  which  his  sickness  pre- 
vented him  from  fulfilling.  Before  the  day  came  he  had 
been  called  away  from  the  Diocese  which  he  had  served  so 
faithfully  and  so  well.  It  was  a  satisfaction  to  me  that  I 
could  begin  my  administration  by  the  performance  of  a  ser- 
vice laid  upon  me  by  Bishop  Lyman,  and  so,  in  accordance 
with  his  appointment,  on  St.  Thomas's  Day,  December  21st, 
1803,  in  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Greensboro,  I  ordained  to  the 
Diaconate  Frederick  and  Charles  Fetter.  So  far  as  I  am 
able  to  judge,  I  have  never  laid  my  hands  in  ordination  upon 
a  more  honest,  pious,  faithful,  and  devoted  servant  of  God 
and  of  his  fellow-man  than  Charles  Fetter.  For  a  little  while 
he  went  from  us  to  serve  in  other  Dioceses ;  but  his  heart  was 
always  with  us,  and  it  brought  him  back  to  us.  He  came 
back  with  a  good  hope  and  prospect  of  years  of  useful  labor, 
but  within  the  first  year  he  was  called  away.  I  know  of  no 
man  who  was  more  entirely  trusted  and  beloved  as  a  man  and 
as  a  minister  of  God  by  all  who  knew  him. 

We  have  also  lost  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Mingo  Pollard,  for 
more  than  ten  years  Archdeacon  in  charge  of  the  work  among 
the  colored  people  of  the  Diocese.  He  was  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia, and  was  ordained  in  that  State,  serving  in  Norfolk. 
and  then  in  Charleston,  S.  C,  before  coming  to  us  in  January, 
1898.  He  was  a  man  of  real  ability,  of  sound  judgment,  of 
tact,  of  a  singularly  well-balanced  character ;  a  good  preacher, 
and  one  who  commanded  the  respect  of  all.      In  South  Caro- 


lina  he  was  centre,  so  to  speak,  of  the  most  excited  con- 
test ever  carried  on  in  that  Diocese,  and  during  it  all  he  so 
bore  himself  that  those  most  opposed  to  him  recognized  the 
propriety  and  dignity  of  his  conduct.  During  the  ten  years 
of  his  service  in  this  Diocese  I  gave  him  my  full  confidence 
in  all  matters  connected  with  his  important  work,  and  I 
always  felt  that  he  gave  to  me  and  to  the  Diocese  his  best 
efforts  in  behalf  of  the  trust  committed  to  him.  His  annual 
reports  to  this  Convention  always  commanded  our  interest  and 
sympathy ;  and  an  address  which  he  made  at  the  Missionary 
Council  in  Washington  in  1903  upon  the  Church  work  among 
the  Negroes  of  the  South,  was  declared  by  one  of  the  most 
distinguished  clergymen  of  our  Church  to  be  the  best  report 
of  Church  work  made  to  that  Convention. 

My  services  during  the  year  have  been  as  follows : 

May  3.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Easter:  In  West  Durham  I  conse- 
crated the  Memorial  Church  of  St,  Joseph,  preached,  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion.  At  half  past  three  in 
the  afternoon  I  made  an  address  to  the  Sunday  School; 
and  at  four  o'clock  in  the  same  Church  I  confirmed  five  per- 
sons, and  made  an  address. 

5.  I    officiated    at   Evening    Prayer    in    the    Church    of    the   Good 

Shepherd,  Raleigh. 

6.  The   ninety-second   annual   Convention   of   the   Diocese   met  in 

the  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  Raleigh.     At  the  opening 
service   I   administered   the   Holy   Communion,    and   presided 
at  the  business  sessions  during  the  day. 
7. .  Presided   at  the   sessions  of  the   Convention,   and   officiated   at 
the  evening  service. 

8.  7:30    a.    m.      Administered    the    Holy    Communion:     10    a.    m. 

Opened  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Diocesan  Woman's  Aux- 
iliary and  made  an  address.  Presided  in  the  meetings  of 
the  Concention,  and  at  the  closing  service  at  8:30  p.  m. 

9.  At  a  special  visitation  to  the  Chapel  of  St.  Augustine's  School: 

Confirmed  four  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
10.  The  Third  Sunday  after  Easter,  in  the  same  chapel  made  an 
address. 
Aug.  28.  In  Littleton,  St.  Anna's  Church:  Presided  in  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  our  Colored  Convocation ;  officiated  at  the  evening  ser- 
vice, and  made  an  address;  also  made  an  address  to  the 
colored  branch  of  the  Diocesan  Woman's  Auxiliary. 

29.  Presided  at  the  meetings  of  the  Colored  Convocation. 

30.  The    Eleventh    Sunday    after    Trinity,    in    the    same    church: 

Confirmed  eight  persons,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 


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Sept.    4.   Raleigh,  Christ  Church:    Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

6.  The  Twelfth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  in  the  same  church: 
Officiated  in  the  absence  of  the  rector;  read  the  Encyclical 
Letter  of  the  Lambeth  Conference  (with  some  omissions), 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

13.  The   Thirteenth   Sunday   after   Trinity.      In   the    same   chinch, 

the    rector    being   absent:     8    a.    m.,    administered    the   Holy 
Communion.      11    a.  m.     Preached. 

14.  Had   conference   with    the   rector,   and   with   vestrymen    of   the 

Chapel  of  the  Cross,  Chapel  Hill. 

17.  In  the   Chapel   of  St.  Mary's  School:     At  the  opening   service 

of  the  school  year  made  an  address. 

18.  Scotland     Neck,     Trinity     Church:      After     Evening     Prayer, 

preached. 

19.  In  the  same  church:     Said  Evening  Prayer,  and  made  an  ad- 

dress. 

20.  The   Fourteenth   Sunday    after   Trinity,    in   the    same   church, 

11    a.   m.      Said  the   service   for  the  day,  preached,   and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion.     7:45  p.  m.,  said  Evening 
Prayer,   preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 
27.  The    Fifteenth     Sunday    after    Trinity,     Wadesboro,     Calvary 
Church,   11  a.  m.     Officiated  at  the  funeral  of  the  rector  of 
the  Parish.     4  p.  m.,  made  an  address. 
30.  Burlington,    St.    Athanasius    Church:     Confirmed    one    person, 
and  made  an  address. 
Oct.       1.  Milton,   Christ  Church,    visitation:    Said  Evening  Prayer,  and 
preached. 
2.  Cuningham      Chapel,       visitation: .     Said      Morning      Prayer, 

preached ;  confirmed  one  person. 
4.  The    Sixteenth    Sunday    after    Trinity,     11    a.    m.     Reidsville, 
St.  Thomas's  Church,  visitation:    Preached,  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 
7:30   p.    m.      Leaksville,    Church   of   the   Epiphany,    visitation: 
Preached,  confirmed  four  persons. 

6.  Stoneville,   Emmanuel   Church,    visitation.:     Preached. 

7.  Mayodan,    Church   of   the    Messiah,    visitation:     4   p.    m.      At- 

tended a  meeting  of  the  Junior  Auxiliary.     8  p.  m.    Preached, 
and  confirmed  twenty-seven  persons. 

8.  Confirmed  two  sick  persons   in  private  in  Mayodan.     8   p.   m. 

Madison,  St.  John's  Church,   visitation:    Preached,  and  con- 
firmed three  persons,  two  of  whom  were  from  Mayodan. 

9.  Walnut  Cove,  Christ   Church,    visitation:     Preached,   gave   my 

approval  to  a  proposal  to  remove  the  church  building  to  a 
more  convenient  location. 


11.  The  Seventeenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Greensboro,  7:30  a.  m. 

St.    Andrew's    Church,    visitation:     Administered    the    Holy 
Communion.     In   the   same  church  at   11   a.  m.   I  preached, 
confirmed  seven  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
8  p.  m.     St.  Barnabas'  Church,  visitation:    Confirmed  ten  per- 
sons, and  made  an  address. 

12.  High  Point,  St.  Mary's  Church,  visitation:   Preached,  and  eon- 

firmed  six  persons. 

13.  Statesville,    Trinity    Church,    visitation:     Preached,    and    con- 

firmed one  person. 

14.  Salisbury,  St.  Luke's  Church:    Made  an  address  to  Chapter  of 

"Daughters  of  the  King.'' 

15.  Being    the    fifteenth    anniversary    of    my    consecration,    in   the 

Chapel  of  St.  Augustine's  School,  I  inducted  into  the  office  of 
Archdeacon  of  the  Colored  Convocation  of  the  Diocese  the 
Rev.  Henry  B.  Delany,  and  made  an  address. 

17.  Had  a  conference  with  the  vestry  of  the  Church  of  the  Holly 

Innocents,  Henderson. 

18.  The  Eighteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,   11a.  m.     Williamsboro, 

St.   John's   Church,   visitation:    Preached,   and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Middleburg,  Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest,  visita- 
tion:   Preached. 

19.  Warren  County,  St.  Luke's  Church,  visitation:    Preached. 

20.  Ridgeway,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  visitation:     11  a.  m. 

Preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
8.  p.  m.     Warrenton,  All  Saint's  Chapel,  visitation:    Preached, 
and  confirmed  four  persons. 

21.  Warrenton,     Emmanuel    Church,    visitation:      Preached,    con- 

firmed ten  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

23.  Gaston,   St.  Luke's  Church,  visitation:     Said  Morning  Prayer, 
preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 
7:30   p.   m.     Roanoke   Rapids,   All   Saint's   Chapel,   visitation: 
Said  Evening  Prayer,  and  preached. 

25.  The  Nineteenth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Weldon,  Grace  Church, 
visitation:      Preached,    and    administered    the    Holy    Com- 
munion. 
7:30  p.  m.     Scotland  Neck,  Trinity  Church,   visitation:     Said 
Evening  Prayer,  preached,  and  confirmed  one  person. 

27.  Speed,   St.   Mary's   Church,  visitation:     Said  Evening  Prayer, 

and  preached. 

28.  Feast   of  St.   Simon  and  Jude,   Tarborough,   Calvary   Church: 

Annual  meeting  of  the  Convocation  of  Raleigh;  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion.  I  presided  in  the 
business  meetings  of  the  Convocation,  and  7 :  30  p.  m.  offici- 
ated at  the  evening;  service. 


29.  7:30    a.    m.     In    the    same    church:     Administered    the    Holy 

Communion;  officiated  at  Morning  and   Evening  Prayer,  and 

presided  in  the  business  sessions  of  the  convocation. 

30.  Spring   Hope,    in    public  hall:      Pleached,   confirmed   four   per- 

sons, and  made  an  address. 
Nov.     1.  The  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity,  All  Saint's  Day,  Raleigh, 
Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:      Preached,  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion. 
3.  Attended  meeting  of  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Mary's  School. 

5.  Charlotte,  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter:     Annual  meeting  of 

the  Convocation  of  Charlotte.  Administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion at  the  opening  service;  presided  in  the  business 
meetings.  3  p.  m.  Confirmed  one.  person  from  St.  Peter's 
Church. 
8  p.  m.  Chapel  of  Hope,  visitation:  Confirmed  seven  persons, 
and  made  an  address. 

6.  In  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Comforter:     Presided  in  the  meet- 

ings of  the  Convocation. 

5:30  p.  m.  Confirmed  in  private,  a  sick  woman  and  her  hus- 
band, of  St.  Peter's  Church. 

8  p.  m.  In  St.  Peter's  Church:  Confirmed  four  persons,  and 
made  air  address. 

7.  Iredell  County,  St.  James's  Church,  visitation:     Confirmed  six 

persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

8.  The   Twenty-first   Sunday  after   Trinity,    11    a.    m.     Cleveland, 

Christ  Church,  visitation:  Confirmed  one  person,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 

3:30  p.  m.  Woodleaf,  St.  George's  Chapel,  visitation : 
Preached. 

7:30  p.  m.  Cooleemee,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  visita- 
tion: Preached,  confirmed  seven  persons,  and  made  an  ad- 
dress. 

9.  Mocksville,    St.    Philip's   Church,    visitation:     Preached. 

11.  Davie    County,    at    the    residence   of    Mr.    Peter    W.    Hairston: 

Baptized  an  infant,  and  at  the  same  place  in  the  evening 
preached,  and  confirmed  two  persons. 

12.  Chestnut  Hill,  St.  Paul's  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

13.  Rowan  County,  St.  Matthew's  Chapel,  visitation:     Preached. 
15.  The  Twenty-second,  Sunday  after  Trinity,  Salisbury,  St.  Luke's 

Church,    visitation :     Confirmed  seventeen  persons,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30   p.   m.      Lexington,    Grace   Church,    visitation:      Preached, 
and  confirmed  three  persons. 
17.  Raleigh,  attended  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee   of  St. 
Mary's  School. 


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22.  The  Sunday  next   before  Advent,   Burlington,    St.  Athanasius' 
Church,  visitation:     Confirmed  three  persons,  preached,  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30    p.    m.       Hillsboro,    St.    Matthew's    Church,     visitation: 
Preached,  confirmed  three  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

24.  Raleigh,    attended    a    meeting   of    the    Trustees    of    St.    Mary's 

School. 

25.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church :     Officiated  at  a  funeral,  and  the  same 

day  at  the  interment  in  Calvary  Church  yard,   Tarborough. 
2S.  Oxford,     St.    Cyprian's    Chapel,    visitation:     Confirmed    seven 
persons,  and  made  an  address. 

29.  The  First   Sunday  in  Advent,   Oxford,    St.    Stephen's   Church, 

visitation:      Preached,    and    administered    the    Holy    Com- 
munion. 
4    p.    m.     Satterwhite,    St.    Simeon's    Church,    for    negroes;    I 
confirmed  four  persons. 

30.  St.    Andrew's    Day,    Goshen,     St.    Paul's    Church,    visitation: 

Preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion;  confirmed 
a  member  of  this  congregation  in  private. 
Dec.      3.   Stovall,    St.    Peter's    Church,    visitation:      Preached,    and    ad- 
ministered the   Holy  Communion. 

8  p.  m.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church:  I  inducted  the  Rev.  N. 
Collin  Hughes  into  the  office  of  Archdeacon  of  the  Convoca- 
tion of  Raleigh,  and  made  an  address. 
6.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Advent,  Wadesboro,  Calvary  Church, 
visitation:  Confirmed  nine  persons,  preached,  and  admin- 
istered the  Holy  Communion. 

7  p.  m.     Ansonville,  All  Soul's  Church,  visitation:    Said  Even- 
ing Prayer,  and  preached. 

8.  Had  a  conference  with  the  vestry  of  Calvary  Church,  Wades- 

boro. 

9.  In  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Hamlet  I  said  Evening  Prayer, 

and  preached. 
13.  The  Third  Sunday  in  Advent,   11  a.  m.     Laurel  Hill:      In  the 
Factory   Chapel   I   said  Morning  Prayer,   preached,   and   ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
3:30  p.  m.     Laurinburg,  St.  David's  Church,  visitation:     Said 
Evening  Prayer,  and  preached. 
20.  The  Fourth  Sunday   in  Advent,  Raleigh,   Church  of  the  Good 
Shepherd:      Preached. 
3 :  30  p.  m.     In  the  same  church :     Officiated  at  a  funeral. 
7  :  30  p.  m.     In  the  same  church :     In  the  absence  of  the  rector, 
said  Evening  Prayer,  and  preached. 
25.  Christmas  Day,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd:     The 
rector  being  absent,  I  took  the  service  for  the  day,  preached, 
and  administered  the  Holv  Communion. 


26.  St.   Stephen's  Day.     In   the   same   church:      Administered   the 

Holy  Communion. 

27.  The   Sunday   after   Christmas,   St.   John's   Day.      In   the    same 

church:      Took   the   service   for   the  day,   preached,    and   ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
7  :  30  p.  m.     In  St.  Saviour's  Chapel :      Confirmed  one  person. 

28.  Holy  Innocent's  Day,  Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd: 

Administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
1909. 
Jan.    17.  The  Second   Sunday  after  the  Epiphany,   Henderson,   Church 
of   the   Holy   Innocents:      The   Parish   being   vacant  I   took 
the  service  for  the  day,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion. 
19.  In  the  University  Chapel  at  Chapel  Hill:     I  officiated  at  the 

Lee's  Birthday  Memorial  exercises. 
24.  The  Third   Sund-ay  after   the  Epiphany,   3:30   p.   m.     Selma: 
Preached  in  the  new  church  just  built  there. 
7:30   p.   m.      Smithfield,   visitation:     Preached,   and   confirmed 
four  persons. 
31.  The  Fourth  Sunday  after  the  Epiphany,  Tarborough,  Calvary 
Church:     The  Parish  being  vacant,  I  took  the  service  for  the 
day,  preached,   and  administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
Feb.      2.  Feast  of  the  Purification,  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School:      Took 
the  service  at  the  request  of  the  rector. 

6.  Attended  meeting   of   the  Executive  Committee   of   St.   Mary's 

School. 

7.  Septuagesima  Sunday,  Durham,  St.  Philip's  Church,  visitation: 

11a.  m.     Confirmed  six  persons;  preached,  and  administered 

the  Holy  Communion. 
7 :  30  p.  m.     Preached  again  in  the  same  church. 
3:30    p.   m.     West   Durham,    St.    Joseph's   Church,    visitation: 

Confirmed  twelve  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8.  In  Raleigh:     Confirmed  a  sick  girl  in  private. 

21.  Quinquagesima  Sunday,  Rocky  Mount,  Church  of  the  Good 
Shepherd:     Preached  in  the  forenoon  and  in  the  evening. 

24.  Ash  Wednesday,  St.  Mathias'  Day,  Pittsboro,  St.  Bartholomew's 
Church:  I  took  the  service  for  the  day,  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 

28.  The  First  Sunday  in  Lent.  11a.  m.     Southern  Pines,  Emmanuel 
Church,    visitation:      Said    the    service    for    the    day,    and 
preached. 
4:30  p.  m.     Pinehurst:     Preached  in  the  Chapel. 
Mar.     1.  Sanford,  St.  Thomas's  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

2.  Duke,  St.  Stephen's  Church,  visitation:    Preached. 

3.  In  same  church:      Preached,    confirmed  fourteen   persons,    and 

made  an  address. 


4.  Battleboro,  St.  John's  Church,  visitation:    "Preached. 

5.  Ringwood,    St.    Clement's    Church,    visitation:      Said    Evening 

Prayer,  and  preached. 
7.  The  Second  Sunday  in  Lent,  11  a.  m.  Enfield,  Church  of  the 
Advent,  visitation:  The  Parish  being  vacant,  I  took  the 
service  for  the  day,  confirmed  two  persons,  preached,  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion. 
7:30  p.  m.  Halifax,  St.  Mark's  Church,  visitation:  Said 
Evening   Prayer,   preached,   and   confirmed  one   person. 

12.  Scotland  Neck,  Trinity  Church,  visitation:    8  p.  m.     Preached. 

13.  In   the   same   church:      11    a.   m.      Said   Morning   Prayer,    and 

preached.     8  p.  m.     Said  Evening  Prayer  and  preached. 

14.  The  Third,  Sunday   in  Lent.     In  the  same  church:      11   a.  m. 

Took    the    service    for    the    day,   preached,    and   administered 
the  Holy  Communion ;    and   at  8  p.  m.   preached,   confirmed 
eight  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
16.  Had  a  conference  with  Archdeacon  Hughes  and  the  Clergy  of 
Wake  and  its  vicinity. 

19.  Visited  Chapel  Hill,  and  conferred  with  the  rector  of  the  Chapel 

of  the  Cross. 
21.  The  Fourth  Sunday  in  Lent,  Hillsboro,  St.  Matthew's  Church: 
Officiated  at  a  funeral. 

24.  Raleigh,    St.    Ambrose's    Church,    visitation:      Preached,    con- 

firmed six  persons    (colored),  and  made  an  address. 

25.  Attended  a  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  St.  Augus- 

tine School. 

20.  Wilson,  St.  Timothy's  Church :     Preached. 

27.  In  the  same  church:      Preached  in  the  forenoon  and  again  in 

the  evening. 

28.  The   Fifth   Sunday    in    Lent,    Wilson,    St.    Timothy's    Church, 

visitation:      11    a.   m.     Confirmed   thirteen   persons,  and  ad- 
dressed   them :    preached,   and   administered   the    Holy    Com- 
munion. 
8    p.    m.      Wilson,    St.   Mark's    Church,    visitation:      Preached, 
and  confirmed  one  person. 
31.  Raleigh,  St.  Saviour's  Chapel,  visitation:     Preached,  confirmed 
six  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
April  2.  Raleigh,    St.   Augustine's   Chapel,   visitation:     Confirmed   four- 
teen pupils  of  the  school,  and  made  an  address. 

3.  Raleigh,    laid    the    corner    stone    of   the    new    buildings    of    St. 

Mary's  School,  assisted  by  the  rector  of  the  school  and  others 
of  the  clergy,  made  an  address. 

4.  Palm  Sunday,  11  a.  m.     Raleigh,  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd, 

visitation:     Confirmed    thirteen   persons,    preached,   and   ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 


5  p.  m.  Chapel  of  St.  Mary's  School,  visitation:  Confirmed 
nine  persons,  eight  being  pupils  of  the  school,  and  made  an 
address. 

8  p.  m.  Raleigh,  Christ  Church,  visitation:  Preached,  con- 
firmed fifteen  persons,  and  addressed  them. 

5.  Jackson,  Church  of  the  Saviour,  visitation:..  8  p.  m.     Preached, 

and  confirmed  one  person. 

6.  7  a.  m.      In  the  same  church:     Administered  the  Holy  Com- 

munion, and  at  8  p.  m.  preached. 

7.  Rocky    Mount,     Church    of    the    G«od     Shepherd,    visitation: 

Preached,  confirmed  ten  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8.  Tarborough,    St.   Luke's    Church,   visitation:     Confirmed   three 

colored  children,  and  made  an  address. 

9.  Good   Fkiday,   Lawrence,   Grace  Memorial   Chapel,   visitation: 

Said  the  appointed  services  for  the  day,  preached,  and  ad- 
ministered the  Holy  Communion. 
8  p.  m.  Tarborough,  Calvary  Church,  visitation:  Preached, 
confirmed  twenty-one  persons,  and  made  an  address. 
16.  Mayodan,  Church  of  the  Messiah:  Special  visitation,  being 
the  second  during  the  year  covered  by  this  report.  Preached 
and  confirmed  ten  persons,  making,  with  the  thirty-one  con- 
firmed last  October,  forty-one  persons  in  all  in  this  church. 

18.  The  First  Sunday  after  Easter,  Winston,   St.   Paul's  Church: 

Visitation.  Preached  morning  and  evening,  and  at  the 
former  service  confirmed  thirteen  persons,  and  administered 
the  Holy  Communion.  In  the  afternoon  I  preached  in  the 
mission  chapel  for  Colored  people  in  North  Winston,  near 
the   Schlater  School. 

19.  Mount    Airy,    Trinity    Church,    visitation:     Took    part    in   the 

service   and  preached. 

20.  Elkin,   Galloway   Memorial   Chapel,    visitation:     Said   Evening 

Prayer  and  preached. 

21.  Germanton,    St.    Philip's   Church,    visitation:     I    said    Evening 

Prayer,  and  preached. 

22.  Concord,  All  Saints'  Church,  visitation:     Preached. 

24.  Mecklenburg    County,     St.    Mark's    Church,     visitation :     Con- 

firmed five  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion.  Also  in  the  presence  of  the  congregation 
and  of  Archdeacon  Osborne  received  the  Rev.  Robt.  Percy 
Eubanks,  and  certified  to  the  people  that  he  had  been  can- 
onically  restored  to  the  exercise  of  his  priestly  function,  and 
committed  to  him  the  charge  of  that  mission. 

25.  The  Second  Sunday  after  Easter,  and  St.  Mark's  Day.  11a.  m. 

Charlotte,  St.  Peter's  Church,  visitation:  Confirmed  twenty- 
nine  persons,  preached,  and  administered  the  Holy  Com- 
munion. 


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4  p.  m.  St.  Michael  and  All  Angels'  Church,  for  negroes, 
visitation:     Confirmed  six  persons,  and  made  an  address. 

8  p.  m.  St.  Martin's  Chapel,  visitation:  Preached,  and  con- 
firmed ten  persons. 

26.  Visited  and  inspected  St.   Michael's   Parochial   and   Industrial 

School,  and  the  Good  Samaritan  Hospital. 

27.  11  a.  m.     Attended  annual  meeting  in  Charlotte  of  the  Feder- 

ation of  Thompson  Orphanage  Guilds. 

3:30  p.  m.  Attended  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  Convocation  of  Charlotte. 

8  p.  m.  Seversville,  St.  Andrew's  Chapel,  visitation:  Con- 
firmed two   persons,   and  made  an  address. 

28.  The  Thompson  Orphanage  and  Training  Institution.     10  a.  m. 

Annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Managers. 
11    a.    m.     Chapel   of   St.   Mary   the   Virgin,    visitation:     Con- 
firmed seven  pupils  of  the  institution,  and  administered  the 
Holy  Communion. 
8:15  p.  m.     Visited  St.  Paul's  Church,  Monroe,  and  preached. 
30.  Made  a  special  visitation  to  St.  Bartholomew's  Church,  Pitts- 
boro,  preached,  and  confirmed  six  persons. 
During  the  year  I  have  officiated  within  the  Diocese  at  158  services; 
have  celebrated  the  Holy  Communion  41  times;  preached  104  sermons; 
delivered  38  addresses;  confirmed  433  persons;  baptized  one  infant,  and 
officiated  at  5  funerals. 

May  3,  1908,  being  the  Second  Sunday  after  Easter,  I  consecrated  the 
beautiful  stone  chapel  of  St.  Joseph's,  West  Durham,  built  by  Mr.  Wil- 
liam A.  Erwin  as  a  memorial  of  his  parents,  the  late  Joseph  J.  Erwin 
and  Elvira  Holt,  his  wife,  of  Morganton.  The  Petition  for  Consecration 
was  read  by  the  donor,  and  the  Sentence  of  Consecration  by  the  Eev. 
Sidney  S.  Bost.     I  had  the  pleasure  of  preaching  the  sermon  myself. 

During  the  year  covered  by  this  report  I  officiated  a  number  of  times 
beyond  the  limits  of  the  Diocese.  May  17th  and  24th,  the  Fourth  and 
Fifth  Sunday  after  Easter,  on  board  the  Steamship  Merion,  between 
Philadelphia  and  Liverpool,  I  joined  with  the  Bishops  of  Pittsburg  and  of 
Lexington  in  conducting  divine  service  in  the  dining  saloon  of  the 
steamer  for  the  benefit  of  the  passengers.  Returning  on  the  Steamer 
Kensington  by  way  of  the  St.  Lawrence  and  Montreal,  August  16th  and 
23d,  being  the  Ninth  and  Tenth  Sundays  after  Trinity,  I  celebrated  the 
Holy  Communion  at  an  early  hour  both  days,  and  during  the  forenoon 
read  Morning  Prayer  in  the  saloon,  preaching  also  upon  the  first  day 
named. 

June  7th,  Whitsun  Day,  being  in  the  County  of  Somerset,  England, 
with  my  friends,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jeudwine,  formerly  of  St.  Mary's  School, 
Raleigh,  at  the  request  of  the  Rector  of  the  parish,  I  administered  the 
Holy  Communion  in  the  Church  of  Stocklinch  Magdalen  at  8  o'clock,  and 
at  11  o'clock  preached  and  administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  the  same 


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parish  in  the  Church  of  Stocklineh  Ottersay.  At  six  o'clock  in  the 
evening  of  the  same  day,  I  preached  in  the  neighboring  parish  church 
of  Whitelackington. 

June  21st,  the  First  Sunday  after  Trinity,  in  London,  I  preached  and 
administered  the  Holy  Communion  in  St.  Philip's  Church,  Kensington, 
Earl's  Court  Road;  and  the  following  Sunday,  in  Chatham,  at  the 
request  of  the  Bishop  of  Rochester,  preached  in  the  forenoon  on  board 
His  Majesty's  Training  Ship  Acheron,  and  at  6  o'clock  in  the  evening 
in  the  Garrison  Church. 

July  5th  I  preached  in  the  parish  church  of  Mitchem  in  Surrey; 
Sunday,  July  12th,  in  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Watford ;  and  Sunday,  July 
2Gth,  officiated  twice  and  preached  in  the  ancient  church  of  All  Hallows, 
Whitchurch,  Hants. 

June  10th,  at  the  request  of  the  Bishop  of  Durham,  I  presided  and 
made  an  address  at  a  large  public  meeting  in  the  town  hall  of  Dar- 
lington. 

I  had  also  the  privilege  of  taking  part  with  many  other  Bishops, 
English,  American  and  Colonial,  in  important  and  interesting  services 
in  the  Cathedral  Churches  of  Hereford,  Durham,  Winchester,  Rochester, 
St.  Alban's,  Canterbury,   St.  Paul's,  and  in  Westminster  Abbey. 

Easter  Day,  1909,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  joining  in  the  services  of 
the  day  with  the  Rev.  Dr.  Drane,  of  Edenton,  both  in  the  old  colonial 
church  of  St.  Paul's  and  in  St.  John's  Church  for  colored  people. 

The  total  of  these  services  outside  the  Diocese  is  twenty-five:  I 
preached  eleven  times,  made  two  addresses,  and  administered  the  Holy 
Communion  six  times. 

We  have  lost  from  our  Clergy  List  during  the  year 
Rev.  Jno.  H.  M.  Pollard,  died  Aug.  2,  1908. 
Rev.  Charles  Fetter,  died  Sept.  26,   190S. 

I  have  given  Letters  Diniissory  to 

Rev.  Richard  R.  Phelps,  to  Virginia,  May  12,   1908. 

Rev.  George  M.  Tolson,  to  Virginia,  Nov.  10,  1908. 

Rev.  Frederick  H.  Harding,  to  South  Carolina,  Nov.  11,  1908. 

Rev.  Aldred  A.  Pruden,  to  Washington,  March  22,  1909. 

Rev.  Alexander  Gait,  to  Maryland,  April  26,   1909. 

I  have  received  by  Letters  Dimissory 
Rev.  N.  Collin  Hughes,  from  East  Carolina,  Nov.  10,  1908. 
Rev.  Richard  W.  Hogue,  from  East  Carolina,  Nov.  11,  1908. 
Rev.  Robt.  Percy  Eubanks,  from  Iowa,  March  18,  1909. 
Rev.  Bertram  E.  Brown,  from  Alabama,  April  10,  1909. 

There  is  therefore  a  loss  of  two  in  our  total  number  of 
Clergy  as  compared  with  last  year.      Since  our  last  meeting 


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several  of  the  ablest  and  most  faithful  of  our  brethren  have 
felt  obliged  by  the  unavoidable  conditions  of  advancing  years 
to  resign  that  pastoral  work  in  which  they  had  been  engaged 
with  so  much  happiness  to  themselves  as  well  as  profit  to 
their  people.  The  Rev.  Julian  E.  Ingle  has  resigned  the 
charge  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Innocents,  Henderson ;  the 
Rev.  Win.  H.  Meade,  D.D.,  the  Chapel  of  the  Cross,  Chapel 
Hill ;  the  Rev.  Girard  W.  Phelps,  Trinity  Church,  Scotland 
Keck ;  and  the  Rev.  Henry  T.  Gregory,  Emmanuel  Church, 
Southern  Pines.  These  brethren  have  not  at  all  abandoned 
the  exercise  of  their  holy  function,  but  have  been  for  much 
of  their  time,  since  resigning  their  parishes,  usefully  em- 
ployed in  assisting  their  brethren,  or  in  ministering  as  they 
were  able  in  vacant  cures.  We  trust  that  we  may  long 
enjoy  the  benefit  of  their  counsel  and  cooperation  in  the  work 
of  the  Church. 

The  fields  of  labor  of  the  Clergy  remain  substantially  the 
same  as  last  year  with  the  following  exceptions : 

The  Rev.  Henry  B.  Delany  has  resigned  his  position  as 
Vice-Principal  and  teacher  in  St.  Augustine  School,  and  at 
my  earnest  request  accepted  with  the  beginning  of  October, 
1908,  the  important  work  of  Archdeacon  over  our  colored 
congregations  and  missions. 

The  Rev.  John  H.  Crosby  since  last  July  has  been  an  as- 
sistant minister  in  Christ  Church  parish,  Raleigh,  with  spe- 
cial charge  of  the  important  and  interesting  work  of  St.  Sa- 
viour's Chapel,  and  the  Mission  House  recently  erected  by 
the  parish  in  the  vicinity  of  St.  Saviour's  Chapel. 

The  Rev.  1ST.  Collin  Hughes,  received  from  the  Diocese  of 
East  Carolina,  has  become  Archdeacon  of  Raleigh,  succeed- 
ing the  Rev.  George  M.  Tolson.  The  Rev.  Richard  W. 
Hogue,  received  from  the  same  Diocese,  assumed  on  the  first 
of  November  the  rectorship  of  the  Chapel  of  the  Cross,  Chapel 
Hill,  upon  the  resignation  of  Dr.  Meade ;  and  in  February 
last  the  Rev.  Bertram  E.  Brown,  received  from  the  Diocese  of 
Alabama,  became  rector  of  Calvary  Church,  Tarboro,  which 
the  Rev.  Fred'k.  IT.  Harding  had  resigned  the  preceding  No- 
vember. 

The  Rev.  Robert  Percy  Eubanks,  was  transferred  to  me 
by  the  Bishop  of  Iowa  in  March.  He  had  been  for  nearly 
three  years  serving  St.  Mark's  Church,  Mecklenburg  County, 


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as  a  layman,  under  my  commission  authorizing  him  to  act  as 
Catechist.  Upon  his  restoration  to  the  ministry,  and  his 
transfer  to  me,  at  the  earnest  request  of  Archdeacon  Osborne, 
as  well  as  of  the  people  of  St.  Mark's,  1  have  formally  com- 
mitted that  congregation  to  his  charge,  and  propose  to  assign 
him  other  work  in  the  neighboring  county  of  Iredell.  Mr. 
Eubanks  also  serves  St.  Andrew's  Chapel,  Seversville,  in  the 
suburbs  of  Charlotte. 

The  Rev.  William  Walker,  and  the  Rev.  Francis  W.  R. 
Arthurs,  though  not  resident  within  the  Diocese  are  doing 
good  and  faithful  service  in  other  Dioceses,  with  my  consent, 
and  under  circumstances  which  in  my  judgment  justify  me  in 
my  approval  of  their  course. 

The  candidates  for  Orders  are :  George  C.  Pollard,  James 
K.  Satterthwaite,  Robert  J.  Johnson,  and  Cyprian  Porter 
Willcox.  The  Postulants  are  Plenry  Alpheus  Willey,  and 
Walter  Lee  Loflin. 

I  feel  that  I  should  say  something  of  those  great  meetings 
held  in  London  in  June  and  July  last,  which  the  generous 
kindness  of  m(y  friends  in  the  Diocese  enabled  me  to  attend 
and  to  enjoy.  Yet  I  hardly  know  how  to  say  even  a  little 
without  occupying  too  much  of  the  time  of  the  Convention. 

The  Pan-Anglican  Congress  was  the  most  remarkable  re- 
ligious gathering  of  recent  times.  Bishops,  clergymen,  lay- 
men and  women  from  every  part  of  the  Anglican  communion, 
which  is  almost  equivalent  to  saying  from  every  part  of  the 
inhabited  earth,  made  the  meeting  most  truly  representative 
of  the  whole  Church ;  while  immense  numbers,  in  addition 
to  the  six  thousand  delegates  and  members,  not  only  mani- 
fested the  widespread  interest  felt  in  the  proceedings  of  the 
Congress,  but,  by  their  devout  attendance  and  intelligent 
interest  in  the  discussions,  added  greatly  to  the  moral  influ- 
ence of  the  great  meeting.  Distributed  in  eight  sections,  it 
discussed  during  ten  days  almost  every  kind  of  Church  work 
in  its  spiritual,  intellectual  and  practical  aspects.  The  discus- 
sions were  conducted  by  those  specially  qualified  to  speak 
with  intelligence  and  authority  upon  the  several  topics  ;  but. 
in  addition  to  the  appointed  speakers  and  leaders,  oppor- 
tunity was  given,  so  far  as  the  time  allowed,  for  the  free  ex- 
pression of  views  by  any  member  or  delegate  who  desired  to 
speak.  It  was  reported  that  the  cards  of  admission  issued 
showed  that  over  twelve  thousand  persons  attended  daily  the 


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proceedings  of  the  Congress;  and  the  capacity  of  the  halls 
was  taxed  to  accommodate  the  immense  throngs. 

The  Congress  held  its  sessions  during  the  height  of  the 
social  and  parliamentary  season,  and  the  questions  then  pend- 
ing in  the  imperial  parliament  were  of  the  most  exciting 
character.  But  in  the  daily  secular  press  of  London,  the 
proceedings  of  the  Congress  held  the  first  place;  and  the 
public  mind  seemed,  as  it  were,  startled  and  amazed  at  the 
greatness  of  the  Church  now  for  the  first  time  displayed  in 
its  world-wide  extension,  and  in  its  intellectual  and  moral 
power.  The  London  Times  thus  expressed  editorially  this 
sentiment:  "Suddenly  the  English  Church  has  felt  both  the 
variety  of  its  interests  and  its  power  to  deal  with  them. 
Suddenly  it  has  impressed  a  too  often  indifferent  public  with 
the  vigor  of  its  purpose  and  the  greatness  of  its  possibilities. 
*  *  *  -p^g  sense  0f  strength  has  come  with  the  sense  of 
the  variety  of  the  Anglican  fellowship  produced  by  the  pres- 
ence of  Christians  from  many  lands.  *  *  *  The  Church 
at  home  is  sometimes  reproached  for  being  too  parochial,  but 
the  Congress  is  bringing  into  it  the  glory  and  the  honor  of 
the  nations." 

Our  Diocese  was  represented  in  the  Congress  by  the  full 
number  of  delegates,  appointed  by  the  Bishop :  Rev.  Messrs. 
Osborne,  Hunter,  and  Bost,  of  the  Clergy,  and  Maj.  Wm.  A., 
Smith,  Mr.  David  Y.  Cooper,  and  Miss  Kate  Cheshire,  Secre- 
tary of  the  Diocesan  Branch  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary,  who 
was  appointed  in  the  place  of  the  Hon.  John  S.  Henderson, 
when  I  found  that  he  would  not  be  able  to  attend.  Other 
persons  from  the  Diocese  were  also  present,  who  had  pro- 
cured members'  tickets  under  the  rules  of  the  Congress.  Our 
"Mens  Thank  Offering"  prevented  our  American  Dioceses 
from  taking  any  adequate  part  in  the  great  "Thank  Offer- 
ing" in  St.  Paul's  Cathedral,  June  24th,  but  I  had  the  satis- 
faction of  presenting  and  laying  upon  the  altar  a  small  sum 
contributed  by  a  few  members  of  the  Diocese  present  in 
London  at  the  time. 

The  Lambeth  Conference,  coming  just  after  the  great 
Pan-Anglican  Congress,  made  perhaps  on  that  account  less 
public  impression  both  in  England  and  in  America  than  the 
previous  gatherings  of  the  Bishops  of  our  Communion  in  the 
same  place.  Its  proceedings  were  interesting,  and  doubtless 
of  importance  in  the  life  of  the  great  Body  which  it  repre- 


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sented.  Since  we  are  by  our  history  no  less  than  by  our 
principles,  fully  committed  against  organic  and.  formal  union 
of  external  authority  and  administration  among  the  great 
national  Churches  making  up  the  Anglican  Communion,  there 
is  all  the  greater  need  for  such  informal  gatherings  and 
conferences  as  may  give  us  unity  of  sympathy  and  common 
efforts  in  our  common  cause.  And  in  the  fuller,  freer  and 
more  deliberate  discussions  of  the  Conference  many  of  the 
questions  raised  and  debated  in  the  Congress  grow  towards 
their  eventual  solution.  But  after  all  it  is  in  the  new  life  and 
zeal  generated  by  these  great  meetings,  and  in  the  mutual 
love  and  sympathy  which  they  arouse  and  exercise,  that  their 
chief  value  lies ;  and  by  this  zeal,  devotion,  sympathy  and 
love,  all  parts  of  the  widely  spread  Communion  are  helped 
and  set  forward  in  their  work. 

In  this  connection,  and  concluding  what  I  have  to  say  on 
this  subject,  I  call  your  attention,  and  I  put  it  through  you 
before  all  the  people  of  the  Diocese,  to  the  message  of  the 
two  English  Archbishops  to  their  people.  It  is  a  message 
which  may  well  come  to  us  all.  Referring  to  the  great  hopes 
and  high  ideals  of  missionary  activity  created  and  set  forth 
in  those  great  meetings  of  June  and  July,  1908,  it  calls  on 
us  all  not  to  let  those  hopes  and  aspirations  be  forgotten,  but 
to  make  them  the  basis  of  practical  advance  all  along  the  line 
of  missionary  endeavor.  And  the  practical  suggestions  of 
that  message,  I  shall  make  my  own ;  and  I  can  do  no  better 
than  to  lay  them  down  here  as  an  appeal  to  you  and  all  our 
people. 

"In  order  that  the  cause  of  Missions  may  in  the  corporate 
life  of  the  Church  hold  that  place  for  which  we  plead, 

(1)  We  desire  specially  to  call  upon  its  members  to  take 
up  with  renewed  earnestness  the  observance  of  the  day  of 
intercession  and  thanksgiving  for  the  work  of  the  Church 
throughout  the  world ; 

(2)  We  ask  the  Clergy  to  make  instruction  in  the  history 
and  progress  of  Missions  a  regular  part  of  their  ministry  of 
teaching,  and  to  use  every  effort  to  arouse  and  inform  the  in- 
telligence of  their  people  as  well  as  to  win  the  help  of  their 
offerings  and  prayers 

(3)  With  whatever  authority  belongs  to  our  office  we  plead 
that  every  single  parish  and  congregation  in  the  land  should 
provide  not  only  opportunities  for  enabling  the  manifest  call 


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of  Christ  to  His  Church  at  this  time  to  be  heard,  but  also 
some  permanent  organization  by  which  the  response  to  that 
call  may  be  made  strong  and  stable." 

And  this  brings  us  into  the  very  midst  of  our  own  Diocesan 
duties  and  responsibilities.  We  wish  to  develop  and 
strengthen  the  Church  throughout  the  Diocese  in  all  its  par- 
ishes and  missions,  and  in  all  its  departments  and  enter- 
prises. And  the  only  means  of  growth  and  development  is 
work.  When  the  Church  does  its  proper  work  it  grows  and 
strengthens  just  in  proportion  as  it  works  along  the  lines  of 
its  real  work — the  work  it  was  commissioned  and  sent  to  do. 
And  the  work  which  it  was  sent  to  do  is  not  the  work  of 
building  for  itself  beautiful  churches,  or  providing  costly 
ornaments  or  rejoicing  in  grand  functions  of  worship.  These 
all  have  their  place  in  the  life  of  the  Church,  and  in  their 
place  we  may  enjoy  them,  and  thank  God  that  we  may  have 
them.  But  I  say  that  the  proper  work  of  the  Church  is  in 
none  of  these  activities.  The  proper  work  of  the  Church  is 
never  doing  something  for  itself.  It  is  the  bringing  of  the 
power  of  God  to  bear  upon  that  which  is  not  yet  subdued  to 
His  obedience.  Our  personal  devotions  are  largely  for  the 
purpose  of  completing  the  work  of  self-conuqest ;  the  wor- 
ship of  the  congregation  is  for  exercising  the  spiritual  life 
of  the  people,  but  also  for  extending  that  life ;  and  the  very 
purpose  for  which  the  Church  is  organized  in  a  visible  king- 
dom, is  that  it  may  bear  its  witness  to  the  world. 

OUR    GEXERAL    WORK. 

The  first  duty  of  the  Church  then  is  to  its  aggressive  work. 
The  first  duty  of  the  individual  and  of  the  parishes  to  the 
missionary  work.  This  is  a  simple  truth.  I  ask  you  that 
you  apply  it  in  the  life  of  all  the  congregations  of  this  Dio- 
cese. Remember  that  your  real  work  and  your  first  duty  is 
to  be  going  out  in  Christian  life  and  power  to  others.  First 
you  must  do  your  part  by  the  general  work  of  the  Church  as 
represented  in  our  great  national  council,  aThe  General  Con- 
vention." We  have  cause  to  be  proud  that  this  Diocese  has 
never  failed  to  respond  to  the  demands  made  for  the  support 
of  our  Foreign  and  Domestic  Missions.  Since  the  first 
adoption  of  the  plan  of  apportioning  to  the  several  Dioceses 
their  proper  part  of  the  burden  of  this  general  work  this 


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Diocese  has  never,  so  far,  failed  to  contribute  something  more 
than  the  amount  asked  of  us.  1  trust  that  we  may  always 
be  able  to  say  as  much.  But  I  can  not  fail  to  observe  that 
for  two  years  past  some  of  our  parishes,  and  they  among  the 
strongest  in  the  Diocese,  have  failed  to  come  up  to  their  pro- 
portion of  this  fund,  and  our  proper  contribution  has  been 
made  up  by  the  generosity  of  weaker  congregations  who  have 
given  more  than  had  been  asked.  Let  me  remind  you  that 
this  work  has  the  very  first  claim  on  you;  and  it  seems  to 
me  that  no  rector  or  vestry  ought  to  be  willing  to  let  this 
small  demand  go  unanswered.  I  will  add  that  this  contribu- 
tion to  our  general  Foreign  and  Domestic  Missionary  work 
should  not  be  turned  over  to  the  parish  treasurer  to  be  pro- 
vided for  out  of  the  general  contributions  of  the  parish,  but 
should  be  raised  by  special  effort,  and  by  a  specific  appeal 
to  the  people.  I  say  this  without  the  least  doubt  because 
the  Chnrch  has  said  so.  Our  Diocese  has  made  it  a  law  of 
our  diocesan  life  that  a  Sunday  collection  shall  be  taken 
every  year  for  this  cause.  And  the  purpose  of  this  canonical 
requirement  is  that  at  least  once  a  year  the  great  cause  of  our 
general  missionary  work  shall  be  brought  before  the  people. 
These  public  offerings  are  intended  to  be  educational  and 
disciplinary.  There  are  Christians,  strange  as  the  statement 
may  sound,  who  do  not  believe  in  the  obligation  of  this  gen- 
eral Foreign  and  Domestic  Missionary  AVork ;  there  are 
others  more  numerous,  who  are  ignorant  abont  this  work. 
The  requirement  of  a  Sunday  offering  for  this  purpose  is 
intended  to  develop  the  loyalty  of  the  one  class,  and  to  in- 
form the  ignorance  of  the  other,  by  calling  all  to  the  support 
of  what  the  Church  is  doing.  Whatever  our  private  opinions 
may  be,  no  rightly  constituted  man  can  refuse  to  support  the 
work  of  the  Chnrch,  when  he  realizes  that  through  its  con- 
stituted authorities  and  by  those  instrumentalities  in  which 
he  takes  his  part  and  exerts  his  influence,  the  honor  of  the 
Chnrch  is  pledged  to  the  faithful  prosecution  of  that  work. 
So  our  Sundays  for  Missionary  offerings  should  be  in  all  our 
parishes  a  sort  of  field-day  for  calling  on  the  tribes  of  our 
Israel  to  come  up  with  heart  and  hand  to  the  help  of  the  Lord 
against  the  mighty. 


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OUR    DIOCESAN    WORK. 


I  wish  to  say  first  of  all  that  there  is  much  earnest,  a  good 
and  effective  work  going  on  in  the  Diocese.  Our  larger 
parishes  are  in  several  notable  cases  engaging  in  local  mis- 
sionary work  with  zeal,  liberality  and  success.  In  other 
parishes,  not  reckoned  among  the  strong  ones,  great  endeav- 
ors and  self-sacrificing  labors  are  establishing  the  Church 
upon  a  more  solid  and  commanding  position  than  it  has  had 
in  the  past.  In  our  missions  proper  we  have  many  signs  of 
growth  and  strength.  Locally  and  congregationally  we  have 
much  evidence  of  activity  and  progress.  But  I  am  obliged 
to  say  that  there  is  not  the  same  zeal  or  liberality  in  the  sup- 
port by  our  congregations  of  the  diocesan  missionary  work 
carried  on  by  our  several  Convocations.  In  many  cases  both 
the  Clergy  and  people  of  our  parishes  seem  strangely  indiffer- 
ent to  the  claims  of  any  work  outside  their'  own  limits.  At 
this  time  a  number  of  our  strongest  parishes  are  one  or  two 
quarters  in  arrears  in  their  very  moderate  apportionments  for 
our  diocesan  missionary  work.  And  in  too  many  cases  they 
.seem  quite  content  that  it  should  be  so,  and  manifest  no 
eagerness  to  correct  this  very  discreditable  state  of  matters 
when  it  is  called  to  their  attention.  And  I  am  afraid  the 
Clergy  are  even  more  ready  to  make  excuses  and  to  put  off 
this  responsibility  than  their  people  are.  I  feel  obliged  to 
say  that  no  congregation  which  can  afford  the  comforts  and 
elegancies  of  accommodation  for  themselves  and  for  their 
rector  ought  to  be  willing  to  be  one  day  in  arrears  to  our 
diocesan  missionary  work ;  and  that  no  clergyman  whose  own 
salary  is  fully  paid  when  due  should  be  willing  to  let  one 
quarter  go  by  without  seeing  also  that  his  parish  has  done  its 
part  by  his  poorer  and  more  dependent  brethren.  ISTo  liber- 
ality of  a  congregation  towards  itself,  its  own  necessities  and 
conveniences,  can  at  all  excuse  its  neglect  of  its  duty  to  others. 
On  the  contrary  do  not  expensive  music  and  ornaments  and 
richness  of  parochial  appointments  become  in  a  measure  a 
discredit  to  a  congregation  which  is  habitually  indifferent  to 
those  obligations  which  lie  outside  its  own  bounds  ?  This  is 
becoming  a  very  serious  question  with  us.  In  all  our 
Convocations  we  must  face  the  necessity  of  curtailing  our 
work,  instead  of  extending  it,  unless  our  parishes  rise  to  a 
higher  sense  of  their  responsibility;  and  to  the  Clergy  I  ap- 


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peal,  as  to  the  leaders  of  the  people,  that  they  should  see  to 
it  that  there  is  a  revival  of  missionary  interest  and  liberality 
among  us. 

A  few  years  ago  I  called  the  attention  of  the  laymen  of  the 
Diocese  to  the  importance  of  some  systematic,  organized  co- 
operation on  the  part  of  our  men  in  the  missionary  work ;  and 
upon  lines  laid  out  by  this  Convention  a  beginning  was  made 
for  such  co-operation ;  but  it  has  been  allowed  to  fall  through. 
I  ask  the  attention  of  this  Convention  to  the  whole  subject 
of  our  diocesan  missionary  work. 

OUR    SUNDAY    SCHOOLS. 

We  have  a  report  from  a  committee  appointed  at  the  last 
Convention  for  the  better  organization  and  more  effective 
work  of  our  Sunday  Schools.  I  shall  not  undertake  to  make 
any  suggestions  upon  this  subject,  since  I  am  satisfied  that  it 
is  better  for  the  Clergy  and  laity  more  immediately  engaged 
in  the  work  to  discuss  and  elaborate  their  own  methods.  But 
I  must  repeat  what  I  have  said  in  several  former  addresses 
as  to  my  deep  sense  of  the  very  great  importance  of  the  work, 
and  the  urgency  of  its  present  demand  upon  our  attention  and 
our  best  efforts.  We  are  not  doing  what  we  should  be  doing 
in  this  part  of  our  work.  The  increased  interest  and  grow- 
ing success  in  some  of  our  parishes,  and  more  especially  in 
some  of  our  missions,  encourage  me  to  hope  that  we  are  tak- 
ing hold  upon  it  with  a  determined  purpose  of  making 
more  of  our  Sunday  Schools  than  we  have  of  late  been  doing. 
I  am  hopeful  of  some  real  advance  in  our  methods  and  effi- 
ciency from  the  work  of  the  able  and  zealous  committee  who 
have  the  matter  in  charge. 

There  are  some  minor  matters  of  detail  to  which  I  feel 
that  I  must  ask  your  attention. 

The  Missionary  Council  of  the  Fourth  Department,  to 
which  this  Diocese  belongs,  called  the  ''Missionary  Council  of 
Sewanee,"  will  meet,  God  willing,  in  Montgomery,  Alabama, 
the  16th  of  November  next.  The  Archleacons  and  Secreta- 
ries of  our  several  Convocations  are  ex  officio  members  of  this 
Council,  but  this  Convention  is  also  entitled  to  elect  three 
clerical  and  three  lay  members.  It  is  also  desirable  that  the 
Convention  should  provide  in  some  way  for  the  payment  of 
our  proportional  part  of  the  expenses  of  the  Council.  I  ask 
your  attention  to  this  matter. 


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For  some  years  past  it  lias  been  evident  to  those  concerned 
in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  General  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  that  very  radical  changes  have  become  neces- 
sary in  its  organization  and  government.  But  the  vested 
rights  of  some  of  our  older  Dioceses  make  it  impossible  to 
effect  the  necessary  readjustments  without  the  consent  of 
those  Dioceses.  This  Diocese  possesses  the  right  of  electing 
one  Trustee  of  that  institution,  and  other  Dioceses  have  sim- 
ilar rights  to  elect  one,  two,  or  more  trustees.  It  is  neces- 
sary, before  anything  important  can  be  effected  in  the  pro- 
posed reorganization  that  these  rights  should  be  surrendered. 
I  propose  to  this  Convention  that  we  surrender  our  right  to 
choose  one  of  the  trustees,  and  thus,  so  far  as  lies  in  our 
power,  free  the  hands  of  the  Committee  of  the  General  Con- 
vetnoin  having  the  matter  in  charge,  to  recommend  such 
changes  as  the  interests  of  the  Church  and  the  Seminary  may 
demand. 

I  must  add  one  word  of  a  personal  nature.  I  can  not  or- 
dinarily make  special  mention  of  the  faithful  men  and  women 
of  the  Diocese  as  they  are  year  by  year  called  to  their  rest 
and  their  reward  after  their  labors  for  God  and  His  Church. 
I  can  not  mention  all,  and  I  should  not  know  how  to  choose 
among  them.  But  during  the  past  year  we  have  lost  from  our 
laborers  in  the  Diocese  one  who  bore  a  very  special  relation 
to  this  Convention.  It  is  not  because  of  the  close  personal  bond 
of  confidence  and  affection  between  us  that  I  mention  here  the 
name  of  John  Wilkes ;  it  is  because  his  connection  with  our  an- 
nual Convention  seems  to  require  that  I  should  do  so.  For  more 
than  fifty  years  he  had  served  among  us.  I  believe  there  has 
been  for  several  years  no  lay  member  of  this  Convention  who 
was  not  by  a  good  many  years  his  junior  in  service.  Only 
the  Rev.  Messrs.  Hilliard  anel  Bronson  among  the  Clergy  re- 
main of  those  who  were  members  of  the  Convention  when  he 
entereel  it.  I  shall  not  attempt  to  say  all  that  I  think  and 
feel  about  that  good  man  and  faithful  servant  of  Christ  and 
His  cause.  For  all  the  years  of  my  rectorship  of  St.  Peter's 
Church,  Charlotte,  he  was  my  Senior  Warden,  as  he  had 
been  for  many  years  before  my  time.  There  was  never  a 
Senior  Warden  who  had  more  elefmite  and  positive  opinions 
of  parochial  business,  nor  one  more  free  to  express  them. 
We  did  not  always  agree.  I  am  glad  we  did  not.  I  could 
not  have  known  him  as  I  did  if  we  had  not  had  the  experi- 


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ence  of  differing  in  opinion.  But  I  say  with  deliberation 
and  with  a  sincere  desire  to  be  exact  and  just,  that  I  have 
never  known  a  man  who  more  honestly  strove  to  lead  a  godly 
life,  or  whose  heart  was  more  open  to  the  demand  of  every 
human  relationship.  He  looked  not  on  his  own  things  but 
also  on  the  things  of  others.  So  far  as  I  was  able  to  judge 
he  was,  considered  in  relation  to  all  the  different  classes  and 
interests  of  the  community,  the  best  and  most  useful  man  in 
that  community.  And  certainly  the  Diocese  of  North  Caro- 
lina never  had  a  more  loyal  and  devoted  son,  nor  its  Bishop  a 
more  unfailing  and  generous  friend. 

I  could  say  no  less  in  such  a  case,  and  I  will  not  allow  my- 
self to  say  more.  Jos.  Blount  Cheshire, 

Bishop  of  North  Carolina. 


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THE  BISHOP'S  ACCOUNT. 

Diocesan  Funds  in  His  Hands. 

Receipts. 

Collections  from  parishes,  etc $549.90 

Received  from  the  Woman's  Auxiliary: 

From  Mrs.  Blair $306.01 

From  Mrs.  Rawlings    8.00 

From  Mrs.  Bennett    2.00 

From  Mrs.  King   0.00  325.01 

Special  Fund  for  Educating  Woman  Missionary: 

From  Mrs.  Blair   1.00 

From  Mrs.  Rawlings 5.55  9.55 

Rev.  R.  Percy  Eubanks,  loan  repaid 50.00 


$934.46 
Disbursements. 

Diocesan  Missions,  White: 

Rev.  Oliver  J.  Whildin,  Missionary  to  Deaf 

Mutes    $50.00 

Rev.  W.  L.  Mellichampe 50.00 

Rev.  John  C.  Horton   25.00 

To  Convocation  of  Charlotte   50.00 

To  Convocation  of  Raleigh 40.00 

Rev.  Francis  M.   Osborne,   for  missions  in 

Charlotte    45.00        $260.00 

Diocesan  Missions,  Colored: 

Rev.  James  E.  King   72.50 

Rev.  Primus  P.  Alston 25.00 

James  K.  Satterwhite    25.00 

Robert  J.  Johnson    25.00 

Treasurer  of  Convocation   50.00  197.50 

Education  Fund : 

Foster  N.  Cox   $100.00 

Henry  C.   Smith    100.00  200.00 

Paid  out  Special  Fund  for  Educating  Mis- 
sionary    235.00 

Miscellaneous : 

Rev.  Girard  W.  Phelps    50.00 

Rectory  at  Chapel  Hill 100.00 

Printing   4.50  154.50 

Total  Receipts   $934.46     $1,047.00 

To  Balance 112.54       1,047.00 

Deficit  May   1st,    1908 $245.96 

Deficit  May  1st,  1909 112.54 

Total  Deficit $358.50 


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